Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Children and youth
MN Public Health Data Access Portal
An interactive data portal that contains information about public health in Minnesota. Includes data on issues such as child health, climate, diseases and conditions, environmental health, health behaviors and risk factors, health equity, and healthy homes. Allows user to select for specific topics and demographic indicators. Includes county-level and region-level charts and maps of data.
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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An interactive data portal that contains information about public health in Minnesota. Includes data on issues such as child health, climate, diseases and conditions, environmental health, health behaviors and risk factors, health equity, and healthy homes. Allows user to select for specific topics and demographic indicators. Includes county-level and region-level charts and maps of data.
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Summer Meals Site Finder
An online tool that allows the user to search an address within the United States and find free summer meals for kids within a 15-mile radius. Provides information about the meal service site and how to contact them, type of meal offered, days of operation, and directions to the meal site.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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An online tool that allows the user to search an address within the United States and find free summer meals for kids within a 15-mile radius. Provides information about the meal service site and how to contact them, type of meal offered, days of operation, and directions to the meal site.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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America After 3PM Interactive Data Dashboard
Provides information on afterschool programs such as demand, health benefits, and opportunities they offer to participants, based on data from the America After 3PM 2020 survey. View data by state or demographics by using the drop down menu in the upper left of the page. Also provides a special report on afterschool and summer program demand in rural areas.
Additional links: Rural Special Report
Sponsoring organizations: Afterschool Alliance, America After 3PM
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Provides information on afterschool programs such as demand, health benefits, and opportunities they offer to participants, based on data from the America After 3PM 2020 survey. View data by state or demographics by using the drop down menu in the upper left of the page. Also provides a special report on afterschool and summer program demand in rural areas.
Additional links: Rural Special Report
Sponsoring organizations: Afterschool Alliance, America After 3PM
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Nevada 2020-2024 Child and Family Services Plan
Outlines the goals of Nevada's child and family services division, including preventing abuse and neglect, providing for children's physical and mental health needs, and more. Offers data related to Nevada's rural regions throughout and addresses some of the challenges of providing services to those areas.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Outlines the goals of Nevada's child and family services division, including preventing abuse and neglect, providing for children's physical and mental health needs, and more. Offers data related to Nevada's rural regions throughout and addresses some of the challenges of providing services to those areas.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Central Valley Rural Education and Health Alliance (REHA) (Historical)
A collaboration of rural educators, administrators, and school-based health professions working to improve education and health outcomes in California's rural Central Valley. Includes resources and promising practices to address the physical, mental, and behavioral health of students, as well as reduce chronic absences, create a positive culture, and improve school readiness, among other issues.
Sponsoring organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Program
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A collaboration of rural educators, administrators, and school-based health professions working to improve education and health outcomes in California's rural Central Valley. Includes resources and promising practices to address the physical, mental, and behavioral health of students, as well as reduce chronic absences, create a positive culture, and improve school readiness, among other issues.
Sponsoring organization: Regional Educational Laboratory Program
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Children Living in Poverty Even in Healthiest Counties
Offers data on child poverty by race and ethnicity at the county level based on 2019-2021 County Health Rankings. Provides a map comparing rates of child poverty for the healthiest county per state to the national average, and offers a searchable table for all counties. Discusses inequities in poverty and links between poverty and health.
Sponsoring organization: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
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Offers data on child poverty by race and ethnicity at the county level based on 2019-2021 County Health Rankings. Provides a map comparing rates of child poverty for the healthiest county per state to the national average, and offers a searchable table for all counties. Discusses inequities in poverty and links between poverty and health.
Sponsoring organization: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
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Rural Early Childhood Health Promotion Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural communities develop early childhood health promotion programs. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Resources and best practices to help rural communities develop early childhood health promotion programs. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Indian Health Service Hotline to Report Child/Sexual Abuse within IHS
Hotline for reporting suspected child or sexual abuse by an Indian Health Service (IHS) staff member and/or within an IHS facility. Call 1-855-SAFE-IHS (855 723-3447) or submit an online complaint. Hotline is staffed Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Hotline for reporting suspected child or sexual abuse by an Indian Health Service (IHS) staff member and/or within an IHS facility. Call 1-855-SAFE-IHS (855 723-3447) or submit an online complaint. Hotline is staffed Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
Provides information and resources on missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. Includes listening sessions, data and research, and information on Savanna's Act.
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Provides information and resources on missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. Includes listening sessions, data and research, and information on Savanna's Act.
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Eligibility and Participation
Presents an interactive map to explore Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program eligibility and participation at the state and county levels in 8 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Provides statistics on age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, employment status, health insurance status, and more.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Presents an interactive map to explore Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program eligibility and participation at the state and county levels in 8 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Provides statistics on age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, employment status, health insurance status, and more.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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